Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: overture
IPA transcription: ['oʊvɚtʃɚ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: overture
    Meaning: orchestral music played at the beginning of an opera or oratorio
  • Synonyms: preliminary, overture, prelude
    Meaning: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
  • Synonyms: overture, advance, approach, feeler
    Meaning: a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others; "she rejected his advances"
Usage examples
  • The prelude developed into the operatic overture whose business it became to prepare the spectator for what followed.
  • All these sentimental feelings are at any rate mere preludes, but preludes in fortunate cases to more discriminating and solid interests, which such a tremulous overture may possibly pitch on a higher key.